Lightning, fire and longleaf pine: Using natural disturbance to guide management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 3351-3359

  Outcalt, Kenneth W ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Mortality; Pinus palustris; Selection Silviculture; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; LIGHTNING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LONGLEAF PINE; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; SELECTION SILVICULTURE; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LIGHTNING; MORTALITY; SILVICULTURE; WILDFIRE;

FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTRY; LIGHTNING; MORTALITY; PINUS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; OCALA NATIONAL FOREST; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 43049084711     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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